9th Annual WADES Conference
Friday, April 29, 2022 – Saturday, April 30, 2022
University of Virginia
The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economics institutions in development economics in the Washington DC area. Researchers from George Washington University, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia, the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), American University, George Mason University, and the Center for Global Development are all participants in the symposium.
Contact iiep@gwu.edu with any questions. Please note that WADES conferences are open to the public but registration is required.
Agenda
Friday, April 29, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
| 1pm-2pm | Md Amzad Hossain (UVA): “Performance Gains from Gender Match in Higher Education: Evidence from a Setting with Entrenched Gender Stereotypes.” Discussant: Jessica Goldberg (Maryland) |
| 2pm-2:45pm | Shareen Joshi (Georgetown): “Just Water? Environmental Jurisprudence, Water Quality and Infant Mortality in India.” |
| 2:45pm-3:15pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:15pm-4:15pm | Anusuya Sivaram (Maryland): “Consanguinity and Marital Transfers in Egypt.” Discussant: Benjamin Avuwadah (GWU) |
| 4:15pm-5pm | Omar Garcia Ponce (GWU): “The Legacy of Mexico’s Drug War on Political Attitudes.” |
| 6pm | Dinner |
Saturday, April 30, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
| 8am-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am-9:15am | Gaurav Chiplunkar (UVA), “Gender Barriers, Structural Transformation and Economic Development.” |
| 9:15am-10:15am | Carolina Concha-Arriagada (Georgetown) “Should They Stay or Should They Go? High School Students’ Responses to College Admissions Policies.” Discussant: Sheetal Sekhri (UVA) |
| 10:15am-10:45am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45am-11:45am |
Ebad Ebadi (GWU) – “Adapting to Sanctions: Evidence from Firm Response and Market Reallocation in Iran.” Discussant: Andrew Zeitlin, Georgetown |
| 11:45am-12:30pm | Susan Parker (Maryland), “Do Schooling Gains Sustain Disruption? Studying the Rollback of a Successful CCT in Mexico.” |
| 12:30pm | Box lunch |
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